Quick Casablanca (CHI)

Bay Horse
Born 2008
CHI-Bred

Pablo Gomez' Quick Casablanca and jockey Joe Talamo (white cap) battle down the stretch to win the Grade III $100,000 Last Tycoon Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

Quick Casablanca wins the 2014 Last Tycoon.

Quick Casablanca won the 2014 Last Tycoon Stakes.

Quick Casablanca (left) and Fire With Fire (right) finished a head apart in the Last Tycoon.

Quick Casablanca gets up late to win the Last Tycoon.

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Quality Field to Contest Del Mar Handicap

Multiple graded stakes winners Ashleyluvssugar, Flamboyant, and Finnegans Wake will take the logical step forward on the Del Mar turf schedule for a run in the Del Mar Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 20.

Hard Aces Stands Out in Cougar II

Grade I winner Hard Aces highlights a field of six entered for the $100,000 Cougar II Handicap (gr. III) July 24 at Del Mar.

Si Sage Speeds to Whittingham Victory

After winning the 2015 Last Tycoon (gr. IIIT) at the distance by 3 1/4 lengths at odds of 42-1, the 6-year-old son of Sageburg wowed again at 10 furlongs May 29 in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes (gr. IIT).

Finnegans Wake Back for Whittingham

Trainer Peter Miller was forward about his intentions bringing grade I winner Finnegans Wake back off a nearly nine-month layoff last time out in the Thunder Road Stakes (gr. IIIT), which was a prep for bigger and better things.

'Casablanca' Dominant in San Juan Capistrano

An eye-catching move in the fourth and final turn snapped a 10-race winless streak for Quick Casablanca and gave trainer Ron McAnally his fourth San Juan Capistrano Stakes (gr. IIIT) victory April 10 at Santa Anita Park.

Generosidade Seeks Second Marathon Win

Haras Phillipson's homebred Generosidade will look to earn her second straight marathon victory on the Santa Anita Park turf April 10 in the $100,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes (gr. IIIT).

Generosidade Stuns San Luis Rey Field

Never better than sixth in three starts since relocating to the United States, Generosidade put on a show March 13 at Santa Anita Park in the $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes (gr. IIT).

Big John B Tops San Luis Rey Field

Michael House's three-time graded stakes winner Big John B will look to regain his impressive form from the recent past in the $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes (gr. IIT) March 13 at Santa Anita Park.

Flamboyant Keeps Rolling in San Marcos

David Bienstock and Chuck Winner's Flamboyant overtook Gaga A in the stretch and won his second straight grade II turf race in the $200,000 San Marcos Stakes Feb. 6 at Santa Anita Park.

Si Sage Stuns Field in Last Tycoon

French-bred Si Sage provided a shock at a drizzly Santa Anita Park April 25, winning the Last Tycoon Stakes (gr. IIIT) by 3 1/4 lengths at 42-1 odds.

Last Tycoon Stakes Has International Flavor

A group of world travelers will enter the gate for the $100,000 Last Tycoon Stakes (gr. IIIT) April 25, including last year's winner of the 1 1/4-mile turf test at Santa Anita Park, Chilean-bred Quick Casablanca.

Heated Rivalry Rekindled in Del Mar Handicap

By Jack Shinar
August 20, 2014
Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, West Region

After exchanging tight decisions in two recent starts this spring, Fire With Fire and Quick Casablanca clash for a third time in the $200,000 Del Mar Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 23 on the Del Mar turf.

Big Kick, Espinoza Steal San Juan Capistrano

Benefiting from a good jump out of the gate at the top of the downhill turf track at Santa Anita Park, Big Kick never looked back over the course of 1 3/4 miles as he rolled to victory in the San Juan Capistrano.

San Juan Capistrano Offers Turf Marathon

Quick Casablanca hopes to make the San Juan Capistrano the continuation of a beautiful friendship with the Santa Anita turf, as the Chilean-bred won a grade III stakes over the Arcadia, Calif., lawn in April.